impendo — Lewis & Short
impendo (inp-), di, sum, 3, v. a.inpendo,
I to weigh out, lay out, expend (class.; cf.: insumo, erogo).
I Lit.:
accipe inquam, nam hoc inpendit puplicum,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 35:
non erunt tam amentes, ut operam, curam, pecuniam impendant in eas res, quas, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68 fin.:
nummos in navem,Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 9:
pecuniam in opsonio, etc.,ib. 24, 1, 31 fin.:
HS. octogies pro introitu novi sacerdotii,Suet. Claud. 9:
istuc, quod tu de tua pecunia dicis impensum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 19, § 47:
nescio quid impendit et in commune contulit,id. Quint. 3, 12:
certus sumptus impenditur,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:
intellegebant, sese sibi et populo Romano, non Verri et Apronio serere, impendere, laborare,id. ib. 2, 3, 52, §
121: sed quid ego vos, de vestro inpendatis, hortor?Liv. 6, 15, 9:
quis aegram et claudentem oculos gallinam impendat amico tam sterili,lay out the value of, Juv. 12, 96.—
II Transf., in gen., to expend, devote, employ, apply:
impensurus omne aevi sui spatium in id opus,Vell. 2, 89:
vitam usui alicujus,Tac. A. 12, 65:
vitam patriae,Luc. 2, 382:
vitam famae,Stat. S. 5, 1, 63:
biennium libris componendis,Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 98:
tota volumina in hanc disputationem,Quint. 3, 6, 21:
vim suam in plura,id. 1, 12, 2:
operam, curam in aliquid,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68:
nihil sanguinis in socios,Ov. M. 13, 266:
quid censetis in hoc foedere faciendo voluisse Mamertinos impendere laboris, operae, pecuniae, ne? etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:
omnis impendunt curas distendere, etc.,Verg. G. 3, 124:
hunc oculum pro vobis impendi,Petr. 1:
quae (studia) juvenibus erudiendis impenderam, Quint. prooem. § 1: omnia studiis,id. 12, 11, 19; cf.:
tantum laboris studiis,id. 2, 4, 3; 1, 1, 3:
aliquem exemplo,to use as a warning, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 33:
verba animi proferre et vitam impendere vero,Juv. 4, 91.—Hence,
1 impensus (inp-), a, um, P. a. (lit., profusely expended; hence), ample, considerable, great.
A Lit.:
impenso pretio,i. e. high, dear, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5; * Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2; Liv. 2, 9, 6; for which also absol.:
impenso,Hor. S. 2, 3, 245.—
B Transf., large, great, strong, vehement: dear, expensive:
in his rebus unus est solus inventus, qui ab hac tam impensa voluntate bonorum palam dissideret,Cic. Sest. 62, 130:
voluntas erga aliquem,Liv. 35, 44, 3:
libido,Lucr. 5, 964:
studium,Fronto, Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 4 Mai.:
opera,Gell. 9, 14, 6.—Comp.:
impensior cura,Ov. M. 2, 405; Tac. H. 1, 31:
verbis laudare,Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 1:
injurias atrociores impensiore damno vindicare,Gell. 20, 1, 32:
vae misero illi, cujus cibo iste factuist impensior,larger, stouter, fatter, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 26:
nam pol ingrato homine nihil impensiu'st,more expensive, id. Bacch. 3, 2, 10.—Sup.:
preces,Suet. Tib. 13.—Hence, adv.: im-pensē (inp-).
a At great cost, expensively:
impensius unge, puer, caules,Pers. 6, 68:
bibliothecas incendio absumptas impensissime reparari curavit,Suet. Dom. 20. —
b Transf., exceedingly, greatly, very much; earnestly, eagerly, zealously (freq.; esp. in the comp.; cf.: magnopere, admodum, perquam, etc.).
(a) With verbs:
illi invidere misere, verum unus tamen impense,Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; cf.:
aliquid impense cupere,id. Ad. 5, 9, 36:
retinere,Liv. 40, 35, 7:
petere,Quint. 10, 5, 18; Suet. Claud. 11:
demirari,Gell. 9, 9, 15:
atque acriter atque inflammanter facit (odium in Verrem),id. 10, 3, 13 (this the better read. al. incense).—Comp.:
eo facio id impensius, quod, etc.,Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1:
agere gratias,Liv. 37, 56, 10:
consulere,Verg. A. 12, 20:
venerari numina,Ov. M. 6, 314:
instare,id. ib. 7, 323:
crescere his dignitas, si, etc.,Liv. 1, 40, 2:
accendi certamina in castris,id. 4, 46, 2.—
(b) With adjj.:
impense improbus,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 39:
impense doctus,Gell. 13, 10, 4.—
2 impensa (inp-), ae, f. (sc. pecunia), outlay, cost, charge, expense (cf.: sumtus, impendium).
A Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.):
impensam ac sumptum facere in culturam,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8:
quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocola,Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3:
nullam impensam fecerant,id. Phil. 6, 5, 19:
arationes magna impensa tueri,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:
columnae nulla impensa dejectae,id. ib. 2, 1, 55, §
145: sine impensa,id. Rep. 2, 14:
exigua,Suet. Vesp. 18:
publica,id. Claud. 6:
matris ac vitrici,id. Tib. 7:
sua,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 42:
nostra,Ov. H. 7, 188:
quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat,Liv. 44, 23, 1:
haec nimia est inpensa,Juv. 12, 97:
finem impensae non servat prodiga Roma,id. 7, 138:
parcere impensae,to economize, id. 5, 156.—In plur.:
atque etiam impensae meliores, muri, navalia, portus, aquarum ductus, etc.,Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60:
ludorum ac munerum,Suet. Tib. 34:
operum ac munerum,id. Dom. 12:
itineris,id. Vit. 7:
cenarum,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 38:
publicae,Tac. H. 4, 4; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63:
nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam,i. e. of my reputation, Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:
inpensas conferre,to contribute to expenses, Juv. 3, 216. —
B Transf. (so perh. not ante-Aug.).
a In gen.:
cruoris,Ov. M. 8, 63:
operum,Verg. A. 11, 228:
officiorum,Liv. 37, 53, 12. —
b In partic., that which is used up or expended for any purpose, materials, ingredients; for repairing an aqueduct (timber, stone, earth, etc.), Front. Aquaed. 124;
of the stuffing for sausages, etc.,Arn. 7, 231;
of sacrifices,Petr. 137;
of masonry,Pall. 1, 13.